Modern Homes New England

Prefab Container Homes / Converting A Shipping Container

Mark Reeves — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:03:45 +0000

I found this Inhabitat post interesting not just in the potential for prefab based on shipping containers, but also to see the photo gallery featuring cutting up and reskinning a shipping container to be suitable for a home:

Inhabitat

i-House from Clayton Homes

Mark Reeves — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:57:20 +0000

There was a lot of buzz last week about the i-House. For about $100k, it looks like a green, modern stunner. Clayton Homes is the largest U.S. manufacturer of manufactured housing.

I’ve also read that the i-House is little more than a single-wide modular home, albeit a green, modern one. My home’s full of IKEA, as the i-House is similarly furnished, and I’d be wary of that bamboo flooring. After three years, ours is quite scarred.

But the i-House is definitely an option. Read more at:

http://www.jetsongreen.com/2009/01/clayton-homes-g.html

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/clayton-ihome-design.php

BrightBuilt Barn in Maine

Mark Reeves — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:50:07 +0000

A beautiful, net-zero, energy-efficient home in Rockport, Maine: The BrightBuilt Barn.
Via Inhabitat

Purchase one of the Dwell Homes

Mark Reeves — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:27:18 +0000

An Open House invitation from Empyrean:

http://www.empyreanapf.org/2008/oh1213ny/invitation.html

Live from Greenbuild Expo 2008 in Boston: A Slim Kiwi message to architects

Mark Reeves — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:31:02 +0000

Slim Kiwi at Greenbuild Expo 2008 in Boston from Slim Kiwi on Vimeo.

What do you think can be done to improve architect web sites?

Learn more at SlimKiwi.com.

A Noble Home Blog

Mark Reeves — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:56:54 +0000

Noah Grunberg of Noble Home and JASONOAH shared with me this weekend his client’s blog charting her Noble Home being completed on Cape Cod.

Noble Homes are green, modern, and easy to construct. Each Noble Home is designed for each specific owner and building site to maximize natural resources such as views and solar energy. Learn more about the project at http://greentwig.blogspot.com/.

A few shipping container models

Mark Reeves — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:19:38 +0000

These hit Inhabitat a few weeks ago:

SG Blocks Container House Debuts at West Coast Green

Recycled Shipping Container Harbinger House

Container Homes for the Poor

Mark Reeves — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:51:21 +0000

So-called “dream homes” seem like a fantastic solution to get people into clean, affordable housing. From CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/09/24/container.homes.ap/index.html

Prefab at MOMA

Mark Reeves — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:15:25 +0000

Katie Hutchison writes up MOMA’s exhibit on prefab.

1% Pro Bono from Public Architecture

Mark Reeves — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:40:47 +0000

Salem, MA-based Katie Hutchison highlights Public Architecture’s 1% Pro Bono campaign (note there’s three different links there) and cites Brandy Brooks of the Community Design Resource Center of Boston as saying:

I think there’s a lot of confusion about what architects do… People don’t recognize that they have a right to well-designed buildings and spaces. That this isn’t just an artistic service. It’s essential.